Oh, I love it, I love it! Already, the local TV news stations are revving up the controversy about to occur.
Indianapolis, along with Houston, are the "targets" of a billboard campaign from the "Center for Inquiry". The message is that (and I'm paraphrasing) life is good without religion. You can lead a happy and moral life without a god. Oh yes, the s**t will hit the fan!
So yesterday, not only did I join the national organization, but I joined the Indiana chapter. I already belong to Freedom From Religion Foundation, but what the heck, the more the merrier. We nonbelievers need to support our "church of reason".
Americans come from a long line of protesters and abolishionists and protectors of human rights. Those that fought for religious freedom, against slavery, for women's rights, gay rights, civil rights, Union rights, etc., are our heroes for human dignity. They were up against tremendous odds. Wars and riots and murders have often been the results of the battles for and against the repressed.
The religious community will undoubtedly decry the billboards and their messages. They will again proclaim (wrongly) our country was "founded on Christian principles".
They will again protest the "anti-Christ" movement, and insist "heathens" can't possibly live a moral and happy life without "God".
So I proudly support the Center for Inquiry with my donation(s) to get its message out. Anybody with me on this?